Family Cheat Sheet

EXPLANATION OF NOTATION DISPLAY FUNCTIONS

Bold Browser menus Press [Tab]…[Tab]… to change focus to the next display
[Brackets] Facepanel buttons Hold [Tab] & press [#] to select / highlight a specific display
{Braces} Softkeys and direct selects Press [Escape] or [Live] / [Blind] to close or exit a display
Hold [Shift] & press [Tab] to close all displays except Live and the
<Angle brackets> Optional keys
Playback Status display
[Next] & [Last] Keys to be pressed & held simultaneously Press [Format] for summary or table view

PATCH A DIMMER RECORDING A CUE

Double hit [Address/Patch] or press [Displays], [Record] <Cue> [n] [Enter]
{S3} Patch or Add-a-Tab {+} [Record] <Cue> [Next] [Enter]
Patch by channel mode [1] [thru] [5] [Record Only] [3] [Enter]
Press [Format] to switch to Patch by Address [Record Only] selectively stores only manually set (red)
values, or values set by the keypad
[6] [At] [33] [Enter] – patches chan 6 to address 33
Changing a cue’s timing
[7] [At] [31] [Enter], [8] [At] [32] [Enter],
[Record] <Cue> [n] [Time] [x] [Enter] – records
[9] [At] [35] [Enter], [10] [At] [34] [Enter],
cue n and sets up & down time. This sets all
[1] [Thru] [5] [At] [1] [Enter] – patches channels 1 timing in the cue to x.
thru 5 to addresses 1 thru 5
[Record] <Cue> [n] [Time] [x] [Time] [y] [Enter] –
PATCH A MOVING LIGHT specifies split up/down times
[Cue] [n] [Time] [y] [Enter] – sets timing for cue n
[101] [Thru] [105] [Enter] {Type} {Manu}
to y
{HighEnd Systems} {Solaframe Theatre}
[Cue] [n] [Color] [Time] [y] [Enter] – sets color
{Solaframe Theatre} – selects fixture type
timing for cue n to y
[At] [2] [/] [201] {Offset} [50] [Enter] – patches
fixtures to channel 101 thru 105, starting at Multiple instructions on one command line:
universe 2, address 201 using an offset of 50 [Record] <Cue> [n] [Label] Name [Enter]
[Record] <Cue> [1] [Time] [3] [Time] [4] [Label]
SETTING CHANNELS AT LEVELS Joe enters [Enter]
[1] [+] [3] [At] [5] [Enter] – sets level of 50%. Use Deleting a cue
[0][5] for 5%
[Delete] <Cue> [n] [Enter].
[1] [thru] [5] [-] [4] [Full] [Enter] – excludes
Press [Enter] again to confirm
channel 4
[2] [+] [5] [Enter] [level wheel] Using Go To Cue
[1] [Full] [Full] – takes channel 1 to Full/100% [Go To Cue] [0] [Enter] – sets all intensity values to
zero for the selected cue list
[2] [At] [At] – default level as established in Setup
[Go To Cue] [Out] [Enter] – resets all parameters
[1] [thru] [4] [Out] – takes all channels to zero
to their default state and resets all cue lists active
[Sneak] [Enter] – restores all selected or
on faders to the top of their cue list
highlighted channels with manual values to their
[Go To Cue] [5] [Enter] – all parameters with
background or home state
values in cue 5 faded to those values
[Clear] [Sneak] [Enter] – clears the command line
[Go To Cue] [Next] or [Last] [Enter] –
and restores all channels with manual values to
takes you to the next or previous cue in
their background or home state
the active list
CHANNEL CHECK
[1] [At] [70] {ChanCheck} [Enter] – brings channel
1 to 70% intensity
Press [Next] … [Next] … [Next] …

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SUBMASTERS
Recording to a submaster
[Record] [Sub] [1] [Enter] – records the current
stage state to sub 1
[Record], then press both buttons under the sub
[Enter] – records and loads fader with the
submaster
[Record Only] [Sub] [2] [Enter] – records the
manual (red) intensities of the current state
[Sub] [1] [Time] [3] [Time] {Hold} [Time] [3]
[Enter] – adds a 3 sec up time, a ‘hold’ dwell
time, and a 3 sec down time
[Sub] [Sub] – opens the submaster list
Changing pages of submasters
Press [Fader Page] – jumps to the next page with
content
Clearing a submaster
[Shift]&[Load] – clears the fader
[Delete] [Sub] [5] [Enter] [Enter] – deletes sub 5
entirely
GROUPS
[1] [thru] [10] [Record] [Group] [1] [Enter] –
records channel selection to group 1
[101] [thru] [105] [Record] [Group] [5] [Enter] –
records channel selection to group 5
[Record Only] [Group] [X] [Enter] – records
manual (red) intensities to group
[Group] [1] [Enter] – selects group 1
[Group] [Group] – opens the Group List
PALETTES AND PRESETS
Palettes & presets are referenced data. Four palette types:
Intensity, Focus, Color, Beam. A reference that includes a
mix of categories is a Preset.
[Group] [5] [Full] [Enter], then [Focus] and play
with encoders - notice fixtures move as a group
Press [Next] to go to each light individually and then
press [Select Last] to reselect group
[Record] [ *** Palette] [1] [Enter] – stores all
parameter values for any channels to palette
[Group] [5] [Home] [Enter] – returns fixtures to
defaults
[Group 5] [Focus Palette] [1] [Enter] – sets the
channels in group 5 to FP1
[Displays] {Color Picker} or Add-a-Tab {+} –
opens the color picker
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SAVING A SHOW
Quick Save
Hold [Shift] and press [Update]
Save Options in Browser
Press [Displays] or click in the Browser
To save the show you are working on, File> Save>
and press [Select]
To create a new show file, File> New> and press
[Select]
To save an existing show to a different location or
with a different name, File> Save As> and press
[Select]
EFFECTS (CHASES)
Using Preprogrammed Effects
[1] [Thru] [10] [Effect] [915] [Enter] – intensity will
ramp up and down for channels 1 thru 10
Creating a Step Effect
[Effect] [Effect] – opens the Effects List
[1] [Enter] – sets the effect number
<Type> {Step-based} – assigns the effect as a step
effect
{Step} [1] [Thru] [10] [Enter] [Enter] – defines the
number of steps
[Page►] or right arrow over to the Channel column
[1] [thru] [10] [Enter] – specifies the channels
Use page arrows to access “Step time”. Enter the
desired step time: [1]
[Page►] to the In Time column and enter a dwell
time: [1]
[Page►] to the Dwell Time column and enter a
dwell time: [1]
[Page►] to the Decay Time column. Enter a decay
time: [.] [25]
[Page►] to the On State column and enter the
percentage: [100]
[Page►] to the Off State column and enter the
percentage: [5]
Adjust any of the other attributes from the CIA by
pressing or clicking on the appropriate detail button in
the properties display and making changes
[Live]…[1] [Thru] [10] [Effect] [1] [Enter] – runs
the effect on channels 1 thru 10